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Prospects, after the Series D first close

Prepared by PiggyGPT, as of Oct 11, 2026

• ·Demand is on the record as a ceiling and frameworks: CORVUS at up to £400 million over ten years, which Breaking Defense put at six aircraft first and up to 24 by 2029, the €30 million EMSA framework, the Portuguese Air Force contract with no value stated, roughly £270 million of UK spending on its aircraft for Ukraine since 2022, and an unstated share of the UK’s 120,000-drone package. A ceiling is not an obligation, and CORVUS entry into service is expected later in 2026 subject to final approvals.
• ·No revenue figure is on file. The company says it does not disclose revenue; the chief executive told ECO in February 2025 that revenue was roughly doubling each year and EBITDA had been positive for many years, and the November 2024 release called the company already profitable. A growth rate and a profit statement are not a figure, so the page carries none and no valuation-to-revenue multiple can be read off it.
• ·The capital path reads as private with a listing in view. The $580 million Series D first close at $6.4 billion on September 23, 2026 followed Bloomberg’s August report of talks at €5.5 billion by six weeks; further closings are expected, the chief executive says the raise is designed for acquisitions, and he told Bloomberg Television that an IPO is on the horizon and being prepared for internally, with no timeline.
• ·The build-out is the company’s own money: OVERMATCH at more than £400 million over five years in the UK (Swindon opening in summer 2026, the Bristol autonomy centre, West Wales Airport), €100 million over five years in France with Cahors starting before summer 2026, and a first US office. Headcount went from more than 800 in February 2025 to more than 1,300 in May 2026 and, as The Next Web reported from Bloomberg Television, more than 1,500 in September 2026; the UK and NATO funds on the register are investors, not funders of the sites.The Next Web, Sep 23, 2026
• ·The procurement record is what named outlets have flagged: Shephard noted CORVUS moved from an open competition to a direct award, and Breaking Defense set it against a Watchkeeper fleet in service for over a decade whose planned 46-airframe purchase was scrapped in November 2024. Three rounds on file were announced in euros or pounds with no amount or valuation in dollars, so the only priced mark is the Series D.Shephard, Jul 28, 2026
• ·Every contract of stated value is European: the UK Ministry of Defence (CORVUS, StormShroud, NYX and the Ukraine packages) and the UK Home Office, EMSA, Portugal’s Air Force and Maritime Police, and Spain’s National Police. The QinetiQ, General Dynamics Mission Systems UK, Plextek, iCOMAT and Threod partnerships carry no disclosed equity; the one strategic investor named in the Series D, Merlyn Advisors, is an investment firm whose portfolio manager is a former UK defence secretary.
• ·For the acquisition read, nothing points to a sale: the company is an acquirer three times over (West Wales Airport in 2025, Cloudsweep and Flowcopter in 2026), its chief executive expects the market to consolidate and wants a significant part of it, it raised $580 million in September 2026 and its stated path is a listing. The posture stays quiet.

A summary of what the figures on this page add up to, prepared by PiggyGPT from the record on file and its cited sources. Not the Street's view, and not advice.